Local Restrictions

Ryan Milhollin, CA Program, University Of Missouri Extension

Local governments have imposed additional requirements and fees on animal feeding operations beyond what is required in regulations by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Two strategies have been used by these local governments to add additional requirements:

  • County health ordinances
  • Zoning ordinances.

    Figure 1. Missouri counties known to have county health ordinances or zoning restrictions on animal feeding operations or counties containing townships with zoning restrictions on animal feeding operations.

    There may be other ordinances or other restrictions in other counties throughout the state, so it is important to check with the local zoning or county clerk offices while evaluating prospective operation sites. If you are aware of a local restriction that we do not have listed, please contact Ryan Milhollin at milhollinr@missouri.edu

    Each of the local restrictions have some similarities and differences in the type of restrictions. The following two tables contain some of the information that we found within each local restriction. The information in each table is not a complete summarization of each ordinance. However, complete details of the ordinance can be downloaded in PDF format further down this page.

  • County Health Ordinance Comparison PDF File
    Zoning Ordinance Comparison PDF File

    In the following table is each county or township legislation that was collected in our surveys. You can download the complete legislation by clicking on the PDF documents associated with it. The information was obtained with the help of University of Missouri Extension Specialists throughout the state of Missouri.

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    County/Township Type of Legislation Documents
    Adair County County Health Ordinance PDF File
    Barton County, Richland Township Planning & Zoning PDF File
    Barton County, Doylesport Township Planning & Zoning PDF File
    Caldwell County County Health Ordinance PDF File
    Camden County County Health Ordinance PDF File
    Cass County County Zoning Ordinance PDF File
    Cedar County County Zoning Ordinance PDF File
    Clay County County Zoning Ordinance PDF File
    Dade County County Health Ordinance PDF File
    Dekalb County, Colfax Township Planning & Zoning PDF File
    Greene County County Zoning Ordinance PDF File
    Harrison County County Health Ordinance PDF File
    Henry County County Health Ordinance PDF File
    Henry County, Bogard Township Planning & Zoning PDF File
    Henry County, Honey Creek Township Planning & Zoning PDF File
    Henry County, Tebo Township Planning & Zoning PDF File
    Henry County, Walker Township Planning & Zoning PDF File
    Henry County, White Oak Township Planning & Zoning PDF File
    Henry County, Windsor Township Planning & Zoning PDF File
    Knox County County Health Ordinance HTML
    Linn County County Health Ordinance PDF File
    Livingston County County Health Ordinance PDF File
    Macon County County Health Ordinance PDF File
    Marion County County Health Ordinance Rescinded
    Nodaway County (Challenge)(AG Opinion) County Health Ordinance PDF File
    Pettis County County Health Ordinance PDF File
    Platte County County Health Ordinance PDF File
    Putnam County, Lincoln Township Planning & Zoning PDF File
    Putnam County, Sherman Township Planning & Zoning PDF File
    Putnam County, York Township Planning & Zoning PDF File
    Ralls County County Health Ordinance PDF File
    Schuyler County County Health Ordinance PDF File
    Scotland County County Health Ordinance PDF File
    Stone County Zoning Ordinance PDF File
    Worth County County Health Ordinance PDF File

    Reviewed on October 7, 2011

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